Offer something unique or different in your rental. 

I am also toying with the idea to sub out the work myself to decrease the cost and serve as a learning experience.

If you set up a property, you would set Setting #14 in the property screen to block all partial payments and Setting #18 to Yes for both options.- Credit Cards: We do offer this option but you are correct that it typically isn't feasible unless you are processing a few card payments per month. 

You bring up some good points but after looking at your BP profile  and your  LinkedIn page ( very impressive btw, we're two years apart in age), it sounds as though you're in a unique position as you  provide a service that is absolutely essential to every serious.

Requirements include: Credit Score of 660 or higher and no late payments for the past 12 months (this can be a real clincher).Of course, each case is unique and requirements have a sneaky way of changing.

I have toyed with using Creekview realty or some other flat fee realty next vacancy to get MLS exposure and see if I get higher quality tenants, but recently our market is hot and I have gotten tenants who actually want my neighborhood  to remain in the same schools, which is my favorite reason to hear and has always worked out for me.  

Hello,A family member has a somewhat 'unique' situation coming up dealing with an estate and I thought I would jump in here to help them get some advice.Situation is this; they (family member) are one of three siblings who all were given equal shares of a paid in full home when the last parent passed away.

It is a unique situation I guess.

It's about knowing how to toy around with things to make it so you get the best result possible.We have a LLC and my partner was confident that I could handle doing the LLC taxes on my own via TurboTax after he heard the price of a CPA.

Our situation is a bit unique, though, we made drastic changes when our kids were born to move to a low cost area and live on one income.